☞ A plaster bison decorated the parking lot of a closed restaurant just outside the Westcliff Lodge in Hood River, Oregon. The bison appeared to be life sized and was expertly crafted. Sadly there was no indication of the artist's name. View all▼

☞ The Coast Starlight Amtrak train northbound, stopped at the train station in Sacramento, California. Outside the train windows were bright lights, lighting the station and adjacent parking lot. View all▼

☞ While on a walk along the Coastal Trail in San Francisco, we happened upon this heart drawn on the end of a log. ☞ A tiny heart was painted on the side of a huge metal sculpture in Dublin, Ireland. ☞ A graffiti display in Dublin, Ireland boldly exhibited a heart with the words, "Love Larry Adam." ☞ A heart with the word, "Ueva!" was spray painted to a chrome roll-up door in Brussels, Belgium. ☞ A painted mural in San José, Costa Rica showed men apparently worshiping a giant heart. ☞ A dead circle labeled "Kreator" highlighted this green spray painted heart. View all▼

☞ The sun rose on a cloudy and cold morning over the Willamette River. This photo was taken from the deck of the Valley River Inn on New Year's morning. The previous night's fruit and cheese plate was set on the deck over night where the weather created the perfect outdoor refrigerator/freezer. View all▼

☞ The front of the building was covered in two murals, one either side of the entry. Above the entry a new sign was painted describing the murals. ☞ To the right of the entry was a portrait of a multi-trunked, prickly tusked, hairy Mammuthus Quadriocellata. ☞ A closer look at the rear feet of the Mammuthus Quadriocellata. Contrary to the long legs of its skeleton, the rear legs were massive and short. ☞ A closer view of the rear skeletal hip of the Mammuthus Quadriocellata. ☞ The artist's signature was in the lower right of the mural to the right of the entry. View all▼

☞ Young Bamboo had been planted in garden patches in front of low-to-the-sidewalk windows on a new condominium building on Brannan Street. ☞ The gate that would shut to close the entry was made of lacquered bamboo. It was in excellent repair. ☞ A much torn blue ball by rested in an tiger enclosure with bamboo lining the wall behind. ☞ A small cluster of bamboo grew along an interior wall in the Embarcadero Center. The daylight shining in from above tinted the wall behind blue. View all▼

☞ A carin created from stacked books, where the widest and thickest one was at the bottom and they became smaller as they rose higher. Although this carin did not mark a trail, it did indicate the location of a vast store of information. ☞ Dozens of books were stacked in the window of a used book store in Eugene, Oregon. The books looked a bit dusty as if they had been stacked there for a long time. View all▼

☞ A man in a hydraulic lift pruned a eucalyptus tree. Below him, two other men retrieved the fallen branches to haul them away for disposal. The work area was fenced off using checkered yellow and black plastic tape. View all▼

☞ In the middle of the mural, a cat dressed like a Musketeer, played an electric guitar, wirelessly connected to a stack of speakers with an amplifier atop. ☞ A windblown bunny was painted on a board above the front porch of the house. ☞ A stream of musical notes emitted by the speakers flowed over the words "Master Kat & The." The notes dipped to avoid painting over a window. ☞ The notes continued to the front of the house where they dipped to almost touch the words, "Family Tree." These words, when joined to the previous words, created, "Master Kat & The Family Tree." View all▼